ISIS Secures US-Made Weapons, Ships Tanks to Syria Front

Creating and equipping a brand new Iraqi military wholecloth was no problem for the US. It was a win-win, a chance to train up a new “ally” and ship massive amounts of US arms-makers equipment abroad.

It’s looking less wise now, as the Iraqi soldiers drop their US gear and run, and the advancing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the same group that used to be al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) during the US occupation, is finding itself in possession of a lot of shiny new US military exports.

Indeed, ISIS has secured so many US-made vehicles that they don’t even need them all on the Iraq side of their new Islamic state, and reports say they are sending a number of US-made tanks, trucks and Humvees into Syria, to be used by ISIS fighters on the Syrian front.

Author: Jason Ditz

It doesn't look like they have obtained any "US-Made" tanks. The M-1, of which Iraq has about 50, is much too heavy for the kind of commercial trucks the ISIS has been shown to be using to move the vehicles they have appropriated.

And it would be a surprise if the Iraqi army had any stocks of anti-aircraft missiles in Mosul. As a local force designed to provide internal security they wouldn't have any use for them, and may well have not had any.

US Israeli objective is to destabilize the regions, with no central government in place and terrorist in charge, they can now, literally speaking, raped those countries with drones, walk in an snatch whoever they consider a threat (as in Libya ) without due process of international Laws.

tacostacostacos

or like in SE Europe where the installed KLA raped pillaged and assassinated, leading to a chaos, thus a back door option for NATO "humanitarian-bombing"

jeff_davis

Jason, this was sourced from Fox news and AP, courtesy of unnamed "government officials". I think you could/should have mentioned this so readers could adjust their "Bullsheet!" meter accordingly. The Neocon agenda-driven jerk around is at full throttle.

tacostacostacos

"don't even need them on the Iraq side…." ….they're taking them (back) to Syria.

Come on now. Think about what was just said. Part of ISIS goal is to fight Syria. And as much as they puff about creating an Islamic proto-state, a portion of the leaders are all about conducting rape and pillage campaigns in Syria and Iraq to _cause_ mass destruction –not about governance or anything of that nature. Kill-hunt-kill, pillage, rape, kill and they are willing to kill other Islamists too (Sunnis).

The so called mastermind behind ISIS assault on Mosul is "a ginger" ISIS leader from Chechnya (al-Shishani) who declares he went to Syria to fight an ally of Russia. Tarkhan Batirashvili is his real name. And arms and drugs and supplies are going back to Syria to reinforce the so called "cause".

There is so much misdirection going on right now and far too much sensationalism. People to need to wise up and stop pulling the shirts over their head.

In the meantime, the jets reported flying over Iraq earlier this week were from Syria. FYI That's real news. First time in decades. btw. Something western media –again– fails to report.

Bianca

Really, have we all such a feeble memory as to not remember that ISIS or ISIL have been fighting in Syria for YEARS NOW. And that in the end, ISIS has absorbed or conquered other Salafi groups, or they have volunarily joined ISIS. Free Syrian Army exists on paper only, just to provide some legitimacy for what has been obvious long time ago — that the strenght of ISIS is in the support from Saudi Arabia in cash, and US in arms and training. "Training" includes intelligence support as well. SOOOOO, after we have recovered our memories, let us understand that hundreds of Toyota vehicles, heavy weaponry, and thousands of well armed militants did not materialize overnight. Weapons are procured in many countries, including East Europe (Croatia, for example) by US State Department according to informed sources.

This takeover of Iraaq is well planned. This area will now separate Iraqi Shiia and Iran from Syria, as well as cause major problems to Turkey. Saudi Arabia is getting large footprint by installing Salafis that recognize only Saudi Mecca as religious authority.

Now, much of the territory is under tribal control — and IF AND WHEN bombing starts, it will target only those tribes that cannot be persuaded to obey Saudi/US control, and anyone who will even dream of supporting Maliki government. The post-occupation system was set up to get US back — one way or another by design. Everyone is like a parrot repeating the faults of Maliki, but there was really nothing he could do. If he gave in to ISIS/Awakening demands, it would have ruined Iraq, and if he did not — it brought invasion by other means.

Armies like this do not form by accident. Now, Cameron and McCain are THUNDERING about the threat to our innocent Western countries from these monsters. What they will need to do first is to APPOLOGIZE. Because there are countries and people who for YEARS have been telling us that supporting these monsters is dangerous — yet we would not listen. We have armed them, trained them, infiltrated them via Jordan border. So, appologies are in order to Bashir Assad, to Iran, Hezbollah and Russia. They got that right. And if we CONTINUE to play this silly neocon game — we will find ourselves in deeper trouble then we think. Saudi Arabia will burst at the seams — as it has been taken to the brink by the maddness of paranoia, internal intrigue, huge expenditures for support Egypt that is turning out to be more then anyone could imagine — but it cannot be allowed to collapse. The massive repression and death sentences are merely prelude to economic hardships, to discourage revolt. There is a pressure from the West that Gulf states contiue funding Libyan crisis — as the country is low on revenue and population is scarred by anarchy and violence. Syria is an undending money pit — and now, US has Ukraine to prop up — another horribly failed state.

Should be just keep on FORGETING that we are already bleeding on many fronts — and neocons always believe that the solution is — OPEN YET ANOTHER ONE!

Augustbrhm

"GOD BLESS AMERICA"

Augustbrhm

You got that right bleeding on all fronts and still a brute for punishment.

fulfillingtorahministries

Do you suppose the whole thing was planned to go this way by the US administration?